Synergetic effect of grain refinement and spherical shaped precipitate dispersions in fracture toughness of a Mg-Zn-Zr alloy

Materials Transactions

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1422-1426

  Somekawa, Hidetoshi ^a   Singh, Alok ^a   Mukai, Toshiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Extrusion; Grain refinement; Magnesium alloy; Precipitate; Toughness

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRECIPITATES;

ELONGATION-TO-FAILURE; EQUI-AXED GRAINS; FINE GRAIN STRUCTURES; PRECIPITATE DIAMETER;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 34547470018     PISSN: 13459678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.MRA2006355     Document Type: Article

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